Revival — Eminem

Revival sold just 197,000 copies in its first week, a 45% decline from Eminem's previous album, The Marshall Mathers LP 2, and it remains his worst-performing debut since 2000. The 19-track album featured collaborations with Ed Sheeran, Beyoncé, and P!nk, but sounded like it was focus-grouped by a committee of dads who just discovered Spotify, with choppy flows, cringe punchlines about aging, and Rick Rubin's stripped-down production draining all energy. It holds a 50% positive rating on Metacritic, lower than #4 Kamikaze's 62%, and spawned only one top-10 single, "River." Fans and critics alike deemed it a nadir, with Kamikaze released just 9 months later as a direct apology and creative rebound.